Damper for gas and gasolene stoves.



Gn El DAMPER FOB GAS AND GASOLBNE STOV'BS. APPLIoA'rIoN FILED Nov. 21, mos.

913,626. Patented Feb. 2s, 1909.

GEORGE E. DAVIS, OF MCKEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

DAMPER FOB. GAS AND GASOLENE STOVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed November 21, 1908. Serial No. 463,781.

To 'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing. at McKees Rocks, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Dampers for. Gas and Gasolene Stoves, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

p This invention relates to dampers for gas and gasolene stoves, and the object of my invention is the provision of novel means in Aconnection with a stove of the above type, for confining the heat units in )roXimity to the receptacle or utensil being lheated upon the stove.

Another object of my invention is to provide a detachable artition for a stove having dempers by w ich the dissemination of the heat can be controlled and thereby increase vthe efficiency of a'stove for cooking purposes.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of simple and effective means in connection with the damper, for determining the position of the same from the exterior of the stove.

Vith the above and other objects in View which will readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be presently described and then claimed. In the drawings, Figure l is a plan of my damper as mounted in a sto've or range, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a ortion of a stove, showing the damper mec ianism .therein in elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the damper.

To put my invention into practice, I provide two lates l and 2 with oval o ienmgs 8. The p ates land 2, intermediate tile' ends of the o enings 3, are provided with vertical alining ugs 4 and 5 and trunnioned between said lugs by pins 6 are dampers 7 adapted to snugly fit in the openings 3. The dampers 7 are provided with lugs 8 in which the pins 6 are fixed, whereby when saidpins are rotated, the dampers 7 will be swung.

The pins 6 are provided with' cranks 9 and 10, the former being at the upper ends of the ins 6 and of less length than the cranks 10.

he cranks 9 are for limiting the movement of the damper -7, and these/cranks are adapted to impinge shoulders 11 provided by cutting away a sector-shaped portion of the lugs 4. The cranks 10 are pivotally connected to a rod l2 employed for manipulating the l dampers 7.

'guide said extension, and said extension L15 is provided with a similar strap 17 for engagging and guiding the extension 14,.. These over-lapping extensions 14, 15, of the plates 1 and 2 permit. of said plates being adjusted to nt between the walls 18 and 19 of a stove or range, between the top plate 20 thereof and the top plate 21 of the'oven, dividing` the burner con'ipartment of the stove into two compartments with two burners in each compartment.

To fix the damper partition within the stove, the' lower edge of the artition adjacent the ends thereof is provi ed with lateral lugs 22 'and adjustably mounted in said lugs are screws 23 adapted to engage in the top plate 21. of the oven and hold the u per edge of the partition in engagement wit 1 the top plate 20 of the stove. l l

Itlie'rod 12 extends through the front wall '19 of the stove, whereby the dempers 7y can be easily opened to permit of the vieat units spreading throughout the top portion of the stove.

. It is obvious that when the dainpers? are closed that the burners upon either side of the partition can be used and the heat from said burners confined in proximity thereto, thereby increasing the heating facilities of the stove for cooking purposes.

While in the drawings forming a )art of this application, there is illustrated tlie prefcrred embodiments of my invention, I would have it understood that the details of con struction can be `varied or changed' as to shape, proportion and manner of assemblage, without departing from the spirit of the invention. L

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, isc- 1.' The combination with a gas stove, of a partition arran ed adj aoent to the burners of said stove, saidg partition formed in two-sec tions having over-lapping extensions and damper openings, vertical alim'hg lugs adj acent to each opening, pivot ins arranged in said lugs, 'dampers carried y said pins and adapted to close the openings-of said partition, a rod connecting said pins for moving said dampers1 means 1n connection With thel uppermost lugs of said partition'for limiting the movement of said pivot pins, and adjustable screws arranged at the lower edge of said partitionfor iixing said partition Within said stove. l

2. The vcombination with a gas stove, of a partition-arran ed adjacent to the burners of said stovez sai partition formed in tWo sections having over-lapping extensions and, damper openings, vertlqal alining lugs adjacent to each opening, pivot ins arrang d in said lugs, dampersv carried gy said pin and adapted to close Vtheopenings of said partition7 a rod connecting said pins tor moving said dampers, means in connection With the uppermost lugs of said partition for limiting the movement of said pivot pins, and means carried by said partition for detachably holding said partition Within said stove.

3. A damper partition for stoves, com,- prising tw'vo plates adjustably oonneotedltogether, said plates having openings formed therein, lugs carried by said plates adjacent to said o enings, dampers trunnioned be,

tween sai lugs, means in connection vwith said lugs Jfor llmiting the movement of said'.

dampers, and means extending longitudi nally of said plates for moving said dampera 4. A dampei` partition for gas stoves, com-v l prising adjustably connected plates, a damf per trunnioned in each plate, and means extending longitudinally of said partition for moving s aid dampers. 

